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personality disorder

Syllabification: (per·son·al·i·ty dis·or·der)
Definition of personality disorder

noun

Psychiatry
  • a deeply ingrained and maladaptive pattern of behavior of a specified kind, typically manifest by the time one reaches adolescence and causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships or in functioning in society.

personality disorder in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of personality disorder in the British & World English dictionary